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Old 06-07-2011, 09:23 PM
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It's really easy to think of it this way: boat going up stream goes say, 20 knots relative to the bank. Downstream it gets up to a 40 knot clip. Is the boat going any faster? No it's still doing it's 30 knot speed, the river simply makes the relative speed ( to the bank or ground ) seem faster or slower.
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